The Freeway to Serfdom has an entry today showing just how little the government gives a shit about whether your body is yours to control.
The audacity of this overwhelms me. What next? “Citizen! CITIZEN! We feel you are not getting enough flouride in your toothpaste! YOU MUST USE OUR NEW LIBERAL(tm) BRAND OF TOOTHPASTE! All other toothpastes are now outlawed! Return to what you were doing citizen.”
Utter crock of shit! If I want to pay someone out of my own pocket to see whether or not my arteries are getting clogged, its none of the government’s god damn business.
I hope these exam vans all pull up at major Canadian border crossings and advertize like hell that they are there. With any luck a mass stream of Canadians will make the journey, pay the $200USD price, and come away with either piece of mind, or an earlier warning of potential health issues. And they should all be given bumper stickers that say “My Body Is MY OWN”.
Oh, and many thanks to G for telling me about this and winding me up enough to actually make another blog entry.